my dog just received an allergy shot and now has a concave head, vet isn't open till monday, is this something that can wait, no other symptoms

Our dog Ruby was diagnosed with MMM about a year ago. She didn't have the usual symptoms other than muscle wasting. She never had swelling or difficulty opening her mouth. She has been on several medications and has seen multiple doctors but they can't get the muscle wasting under control. She was first put on 5mg Prednisone and Cyclosporine. The vet is now weening her off both those meds and she has been taking 60mg Mycophenolate twice daily. We don't know what to do. Her poor face keeps sinking in more and more. We feel that she will eventually get to the point that she has no jaw muscle and will not be able to eat. We live in Southern California and will do anything to help her. If anyone has any suggestions or knows of a vet that specializes in this disease, please let me know. We are feeling desperate.

My girl Pooh is on her 3rd or 4th bout with MMM. She's 65lbs has been on 10mg of Prednisone for about a year and a half, and she started an episode of swelling a couple of days ago. Yesterday the vet had me give her 30mg (once per 24hrs) of Pre., 50mg of Benadryl and a Prilosec to protect her stomach. Her swelling did decrease a bit by 6:30 pm but was back by 4:30 am. I really want to know if I can fight this more aggressively? She is still eating, drinking and will chew a bully stick. I have pictures I can email. She looks like she's been hit by a bat.

I recently got my lab to the vet for his routine parasite pill and when he saw him he told me he has atrophy to the tempral muscle. No further examination more than seeing the dog's head. Indeed his head is sunken in both sides. When I asked him what to do he told me nothing than keeping an eye on him for other symptoms. He can open his mouth properly and eat as well. No loss of appetite or joy. He spills water when he drinks but I think he does this since he was a puppy. I am quite concerned if this is just a sign of something upcoming (like MMM) and what should I do further on to prevent it.

My 2 year old french bulldog was dx with mmm. My problem is getting him to take his medication because he hurts so bad. Any suggestions? He took the first 3 doses and now wont open his mouth to take any more.

Our dog, Gunther (an 11 year old shepherd mix), was diagnosed with MMM two years ago, his symptoms were having trouble opening his mouth. He was treated with corticosteroids for a few weeks and has been in remission since two weeks ago. Two weeks ago, he presented with labored breathing and drooling. The vet mis-diagnosed it initially saying it was allergies but later that same week he started having trouble opening his mouth again and the vet started him back on the steroids saying it was now a flare-up of his MMM. He's been on the steroids for a few days now but still has no energy and still is breathing very heavily. Will this labored breathing clear up in a week or so of being on the steroids? Since this was not one of his symptoms with his initial diagnosis, I'm concerned regarding his labored breathing. Will this clear up after being on the steroids for a week or two?

My long hair mini dachshund Priscilla was diagnosed with mmm in early December of 2018. She weighs 11 pounds. She was started on 10mg per day of predisone. She was never in any pain,but she cant open her mouth very wide and she has difficulty swallowing food and water. She has to swallow several times to get it down and usually spits a little of her water up. I have her on soft food and i feed her so she doesnt gobble and get choked so her weight is stable, but I just havent seen a big improvement at all. For about 1 month she has been on 15mg per day of predisone and the vet said we need to decrease it now. Im just wondering if 15mg a day is enough to see results. I know she is small, but i just want to be sure that Ive gotten her as well as possible before i reduce the predisone. Thank you so much for any advise!

My dog, a mini Sharpei, was recently diagnosed with MMM. He has "always" had stiff legs, his mouth has "always" been messy. He "always" seemed to have a dislike of sitting with his bottom fully on the floor. About 2 weeks ago my daughter noticed that he only sat of stood. He whimpered when she tried to physically help him into the sitting position. 5 days ago we noticed he was dropping food from his mouth and was "more messy than ever". 3 days ago his weight loss was noticeable. We noticed he was not getting food or drink in his mouth because it was/is locked tight. He was very motivated to eat/drink has a fleshy mouth, and buried his head in his dishes that when we heard his tongue working hard, we assumed he was getting food. No. At the end of October he weighed 38.7 pounds. Yesterday a.m. he weighed 31.4. The vet gave him 1 liter of water under the skin and a prednisone shot. We picked him up and tried to feed him cat food through the side of his mouth. We had an xray done as well. It found that he was missing "several" teeth (mandibular/maxillary). He also has tiny ears with chronic yeas issues (bilateral otitis externa/external ear canal stenosis). Also, he had eye surgery, but continued/s to shut his eyes for long periods and drops tears constantly. I thought these were all separate issues. Are they? Our handsome Bill was hospitalized this a.m. so he could receive shots daily and not pills, be syringe fed (shouldn't he be intravenously fed), and monitored. He has made no progress. Is this effort dire? Should we give up? The vet could not open his jaw while he was sedated. I should add that his "blood work" looked "pretty good" with none of the counts "too elevated"

Our King Charles cavalier Cocker mix was diagnosed with MMM as a puppy. She has been on high and maintenance doses of prednisone numberous times. She was doing well on 5mg per day. Her recent reduction per our vets instruction 5 mg every other day. It's been two weeks and she is showing signs of a problem. She can not open her mouth enough to catch her mini tennis ball which she normally does with precision. Should she go back on a high dose to force it into remission or back on 5mg per day. Her dose has been gradually reduced from a high dose to lower dose 5 times now and it has always come back.